New Guinea (British sphere, historically limited)

E940187

former colonial territory historical region

New Guinea (British sphere, historically limited) refers to the portion of New Guinea that was once under British colonial influence and administration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
British New Guinea	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former colonial territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
adjacentTo	Dutch New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ German New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Arafura Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialLegacy	introduction of Western legal systems ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ plantation economy in some areas ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
formerColonyOf	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasColonialPower	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFormerMetropole	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndigenousPeoples	Melanesian peoples ⓘ Papuan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of New Imperialism NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	British colonial policy ⓘ
languageInColonialAdministration	English GENERATED ⓘ
locatedIn	Southwest Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial partition of New Guinea ⓘ island of New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionIntroducedByColonialPower	Christianity ⓘ
temporalExtent	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Pacific High Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → New Guinea (British sphere, historically limited) ⓘ

Territory of Papua → predecessor → New Guinea (British sphere, historically limited) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British New Guinea